Space Shuttle Explodes????

[King_Neptune]

Here is a Live NASA Video Stream for thats that want to watch it live from the Web ...

KN

=-)

 

[Tim Ingersoll]

God Bless America. :tribute:

 

[WreckWriter]

Wildbill once bubbled...
very vividly images in my head when the Challenger Tragedy happened. I was at work and unable to get to a TV but I heard the radio descriptions depicting the way the vapor clouds looked in the sky. I was in SW Florida and I could see clouds, the only ones in the sky in the direction of Cape Canaveral and thinking that they were the remains of the shuttle. When I got home that night and saw the video they in fact were the same clouds described.

My prayers go out to my great Country and the families of the Shuttle Crew, they are real American Heros.

Wildbill

I was working in the aviation industry at the time, at Fort Lauderdale Intl airport. Our chief pilot, Doug Miller, called us all together in the maintenance chief's office and told us what had happened.

When I walked outside, it was a crystal clear, cold morning. Looking to the north you could clearly see the cloud that marked the final moments of Challenger. The cloud hung for hours it seemed, the shock hung for days.

To this day, on cold clear mornings I am transported back in time within my heart to that day.

Today is another rough day, but it too will pass into the mists of time, remembered occasionally when certain things are seen or felt. Over the coming days and weeks seven names will become burned into our memories, taking their places among the names of heroes never to be forgotten. Life goes on, with times like this remembered.

WW

 

[cat]

Scubatooth once bubbled...
officals are saying if you do find any debreis call the police to report it but not to touch it because it is most likely coated in the propellant and is toxic to humans

this is just what i heard

The official word on debris from the Columbia says pretty much the same thing. http://www.nasa.gov/

Not only is the debris potentially toxic, but it is government property and possible evidence of why the breakup occurred.
Hearts and minds will be with the astronauts, their families and all those working on the recovery teams. It's a sad end for the Columbia - I remember her first flight and the changes it brought to the space program. We can only hope that the era she ushered in does not depart with her.

 

[Scubatooth]

from what i was seeing here and on many other sites all of the tributes to the astrounuts but then i go to look on ebay and since this morning there have been hundres of auctions for space exploration items , including a mission patch for this fateful mission.


some people have no humanity

 

[ScubaTexan]

I was about half asleep listening to my alarm radio this morning a little after 8 am when I heard the sonic boom. It rattled the house and the windows for a brief moment, but I live in DFW Airport's flight path, so we get sonic booms all the time. I didn't think anymore about it, but then I didn't know that Columbia was overhead, either.

Not too long ago, I was considering trying to become a safety diver for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in its astronaut space walk training, but I never could find any real information on it. The website that it operates from was very cryptic in its information.

On a side note, one of the astronauts was a graduate of my alma mater, Texas-Arlington, and the first citizen of India in space. These Space Shuttle crews are truly diversified. Another mission specialist was evidently a Navy diver. And, of course, there was the Israeli astronaut making his first trip into space. My heart goes out to all of the astronauts and their families.

I really can't believe this has happened again....;-0

 

[O-ring]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those brave souls lost.

 

[pt40fathoms]

Just last night I tuned into NASA TV on my C-Band dish for one last update before the shuttle returned. I tune into NASA TV for every mission, and last night was nothing different.

I remember thinking of how much fun they seem to be having. Watching them do endless somersaults and flying like Superman through the tunnel linking the science module to the living quarters. The cool experiment with how fire behaves in space, appearing like little glowing balls. The one thing said that really stuck in my mind though, was one made by Ilam Ramon, the first Isreali astronaut. He said you don't see any borders from up here.

This morning I woke up to watch the landing, only to be shocked into silence. The feeling of disbelief and sadness has brought back memories of the Challenger accident. However, the space program cannot be delayed for 3 years as it was back then. We, the world, have a space station in orbit, and one of the tasks of the space shuttle is to boost the space station back into its alloted orbit. Without the space shuttle making regular visits, the space stations orbit will decay and fall back to earth.

It's hard to put into words being a guy, but I have to admit, this morning I shed a tear and mourned the loss of 7 brave souls with a heavy heart.

My thoughs and prayers go out to the families and friends.

 

[Dee]

This is another of those days you'll remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news.

My prayers and thoughts go out to the families and friends of the crew.

 

[ckharlan66]

My prayers are with all the coworkers, family and friends.

Chad